Echelon kills smart home gym equipment offline capabilities with update (opens in new tab)

This kind of thing doesn't seem like it complies with the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

https://texaslawhelp.org/article/deceptive-trade-practices-a...

It would be interesting to see what a legal expert has to say.

Either way, the right time may be now for Texans to formally request your money back, to preserve your rights regardless of warranty expiration.

> Yet, it's still vexing to see another example of a company changing the capabilities of its products after people already bought them.

Seems to me, this is the key point. From a user perspective, it's completely mindboggling that after a decade+ of internet-connected devices, legislation still pretends they don't exist.

Of course from a political, "corporate-first" perspective, it's very easy to understand...